Unemployment Rate Drops To 8.1%, Job Growth Slows

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released jobs numbers for April 2012.

115,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in April 2012, while the unemployment rate dropped from 8.2% to 8.1%. The U.S. economy has had 26 straight months of job growth, though the amount of jobs added has slowed from earlier in the year.

Statistics for the February jobs report were revised upwards, adding 19,000 more jobs, and 34,000 more jobs were added to the March report.